First off I had my transmission replaced when I first got my car. Bought a transmission from town and country auto parts and a shop put it in. When I picked up the car it had a slip in the shifting from the start. Well the other day I drove it to put on a transmission oil cooler, front struts, fixed the exhaust, and rotated tires. Once that was done put everything back together. We went to go to the gas station and it clicked hard into reverse but that isnt nothing new. Went into reverse then I went to shift it into drive and hit the gas pedal and only thing it did was try and move but revved up and nothing. It seemed like it was in neutral/drive. So I put the car in neutral and pushed it and parked it. After it cooled off I started the car back up it would shift into reverse and drive and I would test it and go back and fourth about 6 feet in the drive way then about 3 tries the only thing it would do is rev up and not feel like it was going into any gear at all. If I have to replace the transmission again this will be the 2nd one in less than 2 years. If anyone has any idea what I need to look into that could possibly fix the problem besides having to buy a new transmission once again please feel free to let me know cause I am beyond lost at this point. I drove it there so I don't understand how I couldn't drive it afterwards.

 

If you had a used tranny from a junk yard installed you shouldn't be surprised . It's a bit of a project replacing those and if the under carriage is rotted out or there's a lot of miles on the motor you may be wasting time & money because it could be the next thing to go .. Not to mention if the installers don't give a bag of butts about doing things right , ie. replacing seals , torque converter , rotted lines , then it really is a waste of time . . You may want to cut your losses and sell it at this point . Just my opinion because that's what you asked for .

 

I was at pull a part one time taking stuff off a car, and two guys walked up to a nearby 7th gen civic (an automatic) with some tools in their wheel barrow. I noticed they had a harbor freight cordless impact (the better XT one) and maybe some pry bars and piece of chain. It felt like 30 minutes had gone by when I saw them walking off with the transmission. They are 80 bucks, 25 dollar core, 4 dollar environment charge plus tax. I couldn't believe how quick they pulled it, the engine was still in the car, and no cherry picker was used. So if you could do that it would be worth it for sure, even if your car wasn't worth very much. Maybe pull the cluster, take it out to the parking lot, put it in your car, and see what kind of miles are on it. Or hook 12 volts up to the car will a cordless drill battery. Sometime there's a little oil change do sticker or receipt with mileage in the car. I've seen lower mileage cars there that had been wrecked, but usually they have between 150 and 275 thousand miles on them. Northeast ohio so they are rusted out pieces of junk also. Some cars that go though the local auto auctions but don't sell end up there. They are all vacuumed out and washed but have some dents and body damage etc. Those cars will have a sticker on the windshield with mileage and check mark boxes such as run and drive, radio, keys etc. Also a car that was in a bad wreck and special plastic placed on the outside to keep the interior dry, but later was deemed salvage and no repairs were made, would be a good candidate.

 

Checl the transmission cooler setup, could coolant have possible mixed with the trans fluid? Check trans fluid and see if its pink instead or red. Honda transmissions do exactly that when low on fluid or its highly contaminated, seems like too much of a coincidence that a trans cooler was installed and then you immediately have this problem. Check that fluid

 

I haven't had much time to work on my civic yet, but I am debating on just getting another transmission thinking about just swapping it to standard instead. I am not sure if that will be a better decision or not. I have a hard time making myself want to sell it because I bought it off my step dad 2 days before he passed. So I wanna keep it but I want to make sure if I get another transmission put it this time it last longer than 8 months. Thanks for the replies and the advice. I started it up the other day and it shifted hard into reverse but it did move about 5 feet. Then I shifted to Drive and it started to kinda move but the rpms shot up and then nothing. I went through the gears and it didn't seem to want to engage after that. Which option besides selling it would be best. Rebuild, Replace, or swap to manual transmission?

 

Also the guy that replaced my transmission the first time didn't even connect the mainshaft speed sensor to the transmission nor did he put the cover back on the shifter cable. Also he knew it had a slip and told me if it doesn't work it's way out to call back and they will replace it. Called back a week later and he and the shop basically told me I'm **** out of luck.